Mobile Legal Help Service Initiated
In order to provide proper treatment to homeless and mentally ill persons, the Delhi Legal Services Authority(DLSA) on Monday launched its pilot project of mobile legal services for provision of legal authorization for involuntary treatment of such persons.
The initiative taken by DLSA in association with State Mental Health
Authority (SMHA) will be conducted under Mental Health Act, 1987. Under the act, a patient with severe mental illness in need of treatment is to be produced before a magistrate who then authorize the initiation of involuntary treatment.
“The pilot programme will run for three month on experimental basis and if it turns out to be successful, then the programme will be officially inaugurated for implementation in other areas as well,” added Sharma.
The programme involves a number of independent organizations like Health Initiative Group for Homeless (HIGH), a street based outreach clinic service department of Psychiatry, IHBAS, a community outreach services for district Mental Health Programme under National Mental Health Programme along with an NGO Aashray Adhikar Abhiyan (AAA).
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